RENWICK OF CLIFTON, Rt Hon Baron KCMG 1937-2024
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His second marriage & second son are not in DPB or Who’s Who.
Obit in the Times of 5 Nov 2024:
E X T R A C T
Lord Renwick of Clifton obituary: friend of Nelson Mandela
Steely ambassador to Washington and South Africa and a key figure in the dismantling of apartheid
… Robin William Renwick was born in Clifton, York, in 1937, the son of a pharmacist who was transferred to London when his son was 13. There he won a scholarship to St Paul’s before joining the army’s signals corps for his National Service and spending 18 months as a motorbike dispatch rider in Malta and Libya. Another scholarship took him to Jesus College, Cambridge. He earned a first in history then spent a year at the Sorbonne where he met and, in 1965, married Annie Giudicelli. They had a son, John Philip, who died of a brain tumour in his thirties, and a daughter, Marie-France, who translates books on French military history…
Renwick returned to London with a new partner, Ann Bracken, another of [Katharine] Graham’s [the Washington Post’s pub] tennis friends who worked in President George HW Bush’s White House. They later married and had a son, Alexander, who is a now a financial adviser in the City…
…Reflecting on his career, he told The Times: “A lot of diplomacy is going through the motions. But some isn’t, and you can really help people who need help and deserve it.”
Lord Renwick of Clifton, diplomat, was born on December 13, 1937. He died of complications of lung disease on November 4, 2024, aged 86
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Name / John Philip Renwick
Death Age / 37
Birth Date / 25 Aug 1966
Registration Date / Feb 2004
Registration district / Kensington and Chelsea
Inferred County / London
Register Number / A66A
District and Subdistrict / 239/1A
Entry Number / 21